From the hand of "Pichuqueando", a tribute to the teacher Aníbal Troilo, the Usina del Arte was the setting chosen for the beginning of the Tango BA Festival and Mundial 2021.

This traditional meeting will last until 26 September and has to offer the best of the genre with more than 100 face-to-face and virtual activities in different venues.

The official presenters at the inauguration were Gabriel Soria (former artistic director) and Natacha Poberaj (new artistic director), who highlighted the return of face-to-face and working together.

With sanitary protocol and reduced capacity, the public was able to enjoy part of the bandoneonist's repertoire with new arrangements. Among them “Barrio de Tango”, "Dancer", "Complaints of bandoneon", and a tribute that included fragments of the themes “Responso, Garúa ”, "For the boys to dance", "South" and "All my life". The orchestral direction was in charge of maestro Fabián Bertero, who played his tango “Pichuco en el Marabú” and the original arrangement by Raúl Garello, "Selection of Aníbal Troilo".

The four bandoneonists of the orchestra, Eleonora Ferreyra, Natsuki Nishihara, Ayelén Pais and Lucía Ramírez, they played alternately at different times of the concert with the Double AA bandoneon 20334 that belonged to Troilo. Sandra Luna also participated, fundamental interpreter in the history of tango with an international trajectory, and José Conlangelo, last pianist of the Orchestra, as special guests. The dancers Sandra Bootz with Gabriel Ortega accompanied the concert. The opening could be enjoyed live throughout the country from the Vivamos Cultura website.

Tango BA Festival and Mundial 2021 proposes an innovative edition that seeks to support and promote the sector, after the constraints presented by the global health situation. In Tango BA Festival 2021, the public will be able to enjoy during 10 days for free of more than 100 activities with great artists, always respecting the reduced capacity and measures in force for the health context. There will also be dance classes and exhibitions, talks, workshops and different virtual activities through the Vivamos Cultura website.

Saturday 18 September the qualifying rounds of Tango BA Mundial will begin, in its categories Track Tango and Stage Tango. With registrants of 25 countries, The World Cup is renewed with a different modality from previous years and specially designed for the current healthcare context. Competitors will be able to participate in person and virtually; both modalities being measured in a single competition to find out who will be the new World Champions of Track Tango and Stage Tango.

The qualifying and semifinal rounds will be held at the Usina del Arte, with public presence and reduced capacity, complying with the protocols and sanitary measures for spectators and competitors. Tickets will be reserved 48 hours before on the web Vivamos Cultura.

The Tango Pista will take place on the days 18 Y 19 September and the Semifinal will be held on 22 of September. On Stage Tango, the qualifying rounds will be the days 20 Y 21 September and the Semifinal on the day 23 of September.